I think President Truman said it the way I and many other Christians believe.

When President Harry Truman wrote to Pope Pius XII in 1947 that "This is a Christian nation.", he certainly did not mean that the United States has an official or legally-preferred religion or church. Nor did he mean to slight adherents of non-Christian religions. But he certainly did mean to recognize that this nation, its institutions and laws, was founded on Biblical principles basic to Christianity and to Judaism from which it flowed. As he told an Attorney General's Conference in 1950, "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State."

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Is America a Christian Nation?

Carl Pearlston is an attorney in the Los Angeles area, specializing in arbitration/mediation, a former professor of Constitutional Law, an Annapolis graduate, and a Jewish conservative active in various organizations including Toward Tradition.

Dblad, historically Christian Nation means Christian Theocracy; would you concede that the USA is NOT a Christian theorcracy and SHOULD NOT be?

Dave, if you would read my post without prejudice, you would know that I have said and continue to believe that the USA is NOT repeat NOT a theorcracy, Christian or otherwise and that it should not be nor should it ever become such.

Dblad, historically Christian Nation means Christian Theocracy; would you concede that the USA is NOT a Christian theorcracy and SHOULD NOT be?

Dave, if you would read my post without prejudice, you would know that I have said and continue to believe that the USA is NOT repeat NOT a theorcracy, Christian or otherwise and that it should not be nor should it ever become such.

dblad,

I know you well enough to realize that. As I recall, you were one of those who used to help me in my arguments with Friend!

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."-- Thomas Paine: The Crisis No. V (March 21, 1778)

Dblad, historically Christian Nation means Christian Theocracy; would you concede that the USA is NOT a Christian theorcracy and SHOULD NOT be?

Dave, if you would read my post without prejudice, you would know that I have said and continue to believe that the USA is NOT repeat NOT a theorcracy, Christian or otherwise and that it should not be nor should it ever become such.

dblad,

I know you well enough to realize that. As I recall, you were one of those who used to help me in my arguments with Friend!

So do I. He kept this forum hopping. He stopped posting on almost the same day President Obama was Inaugurated. I've often wondered if there was a cause and effect involved.

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."-- Thomas Paine: The Crisis No. V (March 21, 1778)